GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| foul | offensive to the senses : loathsome |
| representational | one that represents: such as |
| catastrophe | a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |
| regent | a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign |
| anarchy | absence of government |
| mendicant | beggar |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| disparate | markedly distinct in quality or character |